Systems and methods for emergency services, medical and community response to critical incidents

Abstract

Systems and methods consistent with some embodiments of the present invention provide for managing a plurality of records, including storing a plurality of records, wherein each of the plurality of records includes at least one of a section and subsection; receiving a request to access one of the plurality of records, wherein the request includes identification information identifying information about a user requesting access; determining the level of access of each of the at least one section and subsection associated with the one of the plurality of records requested; selecting at least one of the section and subsection of one of the plurality of records based on the identification information of the user and the determined level of access; providing access to at least one of the selected section and subsection in a record; wherein the record may be simultaneously accessed by a plurality of users, and wherein information for updating at least one of the section and subsection in the record may be received simultaneously by a plurality of users.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is related to and claims priority to Provisional Application No. 60 / 799,323 filed May 11, 2006, entitled “Systems and methods for emergency services, medical and community response to critical incidents,” which is expressly incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]1. Field of the Invention[0003]The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for operating in a mass casualty incident, and more specifically to systems and methods that enable information providers / users operating in a mass casualty incident to be able to communicate through a central system and further to view, enter and modify information in real time.[0004]2. Description of the Related Art[0005]When a mass casualty incident occurs, members of police, fire and rescue, emergency medical personnel, governmental entities, etc., may respond. However, each of these groups of responders have their own individual systems to ope...

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Benefits of technology

[0006]As such, there is a need for a system that enables users operating in a mass casualty incident to be able to communicate through a central system and further to view, enter and modify information in real time.

Problems solved by technology

Communication between groups is usually limited to voice communication using, for example, radios.

When too many people are using the radio, it is difficult to provide and access information between the groups and also between members in the same group, because of the “chatter” on the line.

Further, because the different groups use different systems to store information, it is very difficult to share or access and update information from other groups in real time.

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